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Why Bihar MLAs Were Thrashed At Assembly - A Breakdown Of The Breakdown
Wed Mar 24 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Opposition MLAs were dragged, manhandled by policemen in the Bihar assembly and some were seen being carried out on stretchers in visuals of unprecedented chaos yesterday over a Bi...
"Absolutely Shameful" Parliament Sex Acts Shake Australia's Government
Tue Mar 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Leaked videos of staff from Australia's conservative government performing sex acts in parliament, including one man masturbating over a female MP's desk, left Scott Morrison's adm...
US Man Hits $1.2 Million Lottery, Loses Ticket, Then Finds It
Tue Mar 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Nick Slatten, 31, might be one of the luckiest people in 2021. He went to bed on March 10 and woke up the next day a millionaire. Then his fortune seemingly disappeared when he los...
"Threatened In Parliament, Warned Of Acid Attack": MP Accuses Shiv Sena
Tue Mar 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Amaravati's independent MP Navneer Kaur Rana has alleged that the Shiv Sena's Arvind Sawant threatened her in the lobby of the Lok Sabha, warning her of being jailed for talking in...
Thousands Of Unaccompanied Minors At Border, US Caught Unprepared
Tue Mar 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The last three presidents have each had to grapple with the sudden arrival of thousands of unaccompanied migrant teenagers and children along the Mexico border, but the challenge f...
Maharashtra Home Minister's Video As Flight Ticket Contradicts 'Alibi'
Tue Mar 23 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, fending off allegations that he had discussed a Rs. 100-crore extortion racket with a controversial police officer at his home last month, ...
Amazon Gets Court Notice On Its Challenge To Future Group-Reliance Deal
Mon Mar 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed a single judge's order restraining Future Retail Ltd from going ahead with its ₹ 24,713 crore deal with Reliance Retail to sell its business, ...
Secret India-Pakistan Peace Plan Brokered By UAE Royals: Report
Mon Mar 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
About 24 hours after military chiefs from India and Pakistan surprised the world last month with a rare joint commitment to respect a 2003 cease-fire agreement, the top diplomat of...
India Sees Biggest Single-Day Surge In Covid Cases Since Early November
Mon Mar 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
As India stares at the second Covid wave, 46,951 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours - biggest single-day jump since November 7 - took the country's tally to 1,16,46,081 t...
Miami Beach Declares State Of Emergency Over Uncontrollable Crowds
Mon Mar 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Throngs of revelers flocking to Miami Beach in Florida for spring break have become so uncontrollable that authorities declared a state of emergency Saturday and imposed a curfew m...
"Minister Was In Hospital When...": Sharad Pawar On Letter Bomb
Mon Mar 22 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh was ailing and in hospital at the time he had allegedly met police officer Sachin Vaze and discussed an extortion racket, Nationalist Congre...
Rift In Maharashtra Alliance After Ex-Top Cop's Letter Against Minister Anil Deshmukh
Sun Mar 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Action on Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh after corruption allegation against him has created differences in the state's ruling Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi alliance. A top lea...
With 43,846 Covid Cases, India Sees Biggest Daily Rise In Nearly 4 Months
Sun Mar 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
India has added 43,846 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, setting another highest daily-high in nearly four months, amid a worrying surge in Covid cases that has prom...
Ashoka University Admits "Lapses" After PB Mehta, Arvind Subramanian Quit
Sun Mar 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Ashoka University, Sonepat, has admitted that there have been "lapses in institutional processes" surrounding the exits, last week, of two top academics citing free-speech curbs. T...
"Life Threatening" Flash Floods: Thousands In Sydney Ordered To Evacuate
Sun Mar 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Thousands of people in Sydney's outer suburbs were ordered to evacuate Sunday, as Australia's east coast was hit by record rainfall and widespread flooding....
"I Was So Scared": Priyanka Chopra To Oprah On Filmmaker Who Asked Her To Strip To Underwear
Sun Mar 21 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Priyanka Chopra, in a recent interview to Oprah Winfrey, revealed that she was once mistreated by a filmmaker on the sets of a film in her early day in Bollywood. The actress, who ...
Saudi Arabia Bars Men From Marrying Women From Pak, 3 Other Nations: Report
Sat Mar 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Saudi Arabia has prohibited its men from marrying women from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad and Myanmar, Pak newspaper Dawn reported citing a report in Saudi media. According to unoffi...
"Moment Of Reflection For Media": How Meghan's Private Details Got Out
Sat Mar 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, said that an investigation into how a British tabloid obtained personal details about the duchess shows that there are stil...
"Dangerous Attack": Yale, MIT, Harvard Academics On Pratap Bhanu Mehta's Ashoka Exit
Sat Mar 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
Around 150 renowned intellectuals from the world's best known centres of academic excellence have written an open letter to the trustees, administrators, and faculty of Ashoka Univ...
For How Many Generations Will Reservation Continue, Asks Supreme Court
Sat Mar 20 2021 | By Cobrapost Desk
For how many generations would reservations in jobs and education continue, the Supreme Court sought to know during the Maratha quota case hearing on Friday and raised concerns ove...